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b3c newswire
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Recognized as Innovations Honoree for FlexMoSys

New Campaign for Rentschler's 'Facility of the Year'

Berthold Awards Marlene DeLuca Prices

Berthold Launches TriStar² Microplate Reader

Encap Announces $ 2 Million Capital Expenditure Programme

BioSpace
U.S. Charges 48 People in $500 Million Medicaid Drug Scheme

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Scientists Find New Way to Induce Programmed Cell Death That Could Lead to Potential Cancer Therapies

New Drug Stunts Tumor Growth, Cylene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reveals

Sea Moss Compound Flushes Out Latent HIV, Stanford University Study

A "Kit" for Increasing Insulin Production, Study

BioSpace - Breaking News
Omeros Corporation Successfully Completes Preclinical Studies of OMS824 for Schizophrenia and Phase 1 Clinical Trial Preparations Underway

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Statistically Significant Improvement in Cognition and Clinical Function in Phase 2b Clinical Trial in Alzheimer's Disease

Advaxis, Inc. Reports Positive Phase II Trial Results

First Patient Treated in Angion Biomedica Corp.'s Phase II BB3 Heart Attack Clinical Trial

23andMe, Inc. and Conducting Rheumatoid Arthritis Study Sponsored by a Unit of

Biotech News - Business Wire
BIOMAX INFORMATICS AG establishes knowledge management environment for modeling airway diseases and improving patient outcomes

LifeScienceFest 2012 Brings Leading Healthcare and Lifesciences Innovators and Investors Together

NanoString Technologies Appoints Senior Financial Executive Greg Norden to Board of Directors

CellAegis Devices Receives CE Mark for autoRIC Device in the European Union

Research and Markets: Biobetters in Key Markets - Opportunities for Biotechnology Companies to Sustain Innovation with Low Risk and High Value Offerings

Biotech News - PR Newswire
PDI, Inc. Announces Client FDA Product Approval Related to Previously Disclosed Contract

Q-FLO Closed System Male Luer Received 510(k) Marketing Clearance by the US FDA

Oxitec Scientists Clip Wings of the Asian Tiger Mosquito

Sanofi Signs Agreement for Type 1 Diabetes Research with Boston Academic Teaching Hospital

Boston Scientific Announces Promising Clinical Data on New Products at the International Spine Intervention Society 20th Annual Scientific Meeting

Biotechnology - Moreover
Analysis of Relative Performance in the Biotechnology Industry for Shares of Incyte (INCY, ONXX, ALKS, SPPI, MITI)

Top 5 Companies in the Biotechnology Industry with the Best Relative Performance (CPHD, IMGN, HGSI, SGEN, RIGL)

NIH Translational Center Should Raise All Boats, BIO Says

Immunogen, inc. reports second quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results and provides quarterly update

Biotechnology to be 21st-century industry: Life Tech CEO

Burrill Report
Senator Says FDA Spying on Whistleblowers was Authorized

AstraZeneca Ramping up Virtual Neuroscience Effort

Chelsea Therapeutics' CEO Steps Down

Clinical Trials Waste Billions of Dollars Through Unnecessary Procedures

23andMe Acquires CureTogether

CenterWatch - Clinical Trials
Sanofi's $20 billion Genzyme buy could fuel a big pharma-biotechnology acquisition trend

New Quintiles initiative saves investigative sites the time, and cost, of patient recruitment advertising

Technology companies adapt interactive video concepts for clinical trial informed consent

CRI buys Lifetree, combining investigative sites on both coasts and across all trial phases

New $1b NIH center will tackle early-stage drug development to ease industry risk of failure

Clinical Trials - Business Wire
EnVivo Pharmaceuticals Announces Statistically Significant Improvement in Cognition and Clinical Function in Phase 2b Clinical Trial in Alzheimer's Disease

Research and Markets: General Anxiety Disorder Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

Research and Markets: Acute Renal Failure (ARF) (Acute Kidney Injury) Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012

Guided Therapeutics Notified of CE Mark Approval for LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan

Technology Allows Grady Memorial Hospital to Empower More Atlanta Heart Disease Patients to Self-Manage

Clinical Trials - PR Newswire
Se publican nuevos avances de investigación en la Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012

Nouveau bilan des progrès de la recherche depuis l'Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012

Jüngste, auf der Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012 vorgestellte Forschungserkenntnisse

Newly Reported Research Advances From The Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012

Expanding Orthopedics Inc. to Present Clinical Results of its Six Months Follow-up Study on Patients Treated With its XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System at the IMAST Meeting

CNN Top Stories
Threat to al-Assad's grip on power

Jordan king: 'A tremendous blow'

Syrian leaders killed in bomb attack

Russell Brand: More yoga than sex

Israel accuses Iran in deadly bus blast in Bulgaria

Contract Pharma
Amicus Therapeutics, GSK Expand Fabry Pact

MedImmune Restructures Vaccines Business

PPD Names Stratgic Lab Ops VP

PharmaNet/i3 Appoints Neuroscience GM

BioStorage Expands To Asia Pacific Region\n

FDA Drugs- What's New
Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva información sobre la prolongación del intervalo QT con ondansetrón (Zofran)

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Nueva información sobre la prolongación del intervalo QT con ondansetrón (Zofran)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: New information regarding QT prolongation with ondansetron (Zofran)

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Cefepime and risk of seizure in patients not receiving dosage adjustments for kidney impairment

Comunicado de la FDA sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos: Recomendaciones modificadas para observación cardiovascular y uso del medicamento Gilenya (fingolimod) para la esclerosis múltiple

FDA News - Business Wire
Riassunto: Dichiarazione della ACRO in merito alla proposta della Commissione Europea per la regolamentazione delle sperimentazioni cliniche

U.S. Food and Drug Administration keurt Gileads Truvada® voor de vermindering van het risico op het krijgen van hiv goed

US-amerikanische Food and Drug Administration (FDA) erteilt Zulassung für Gileads Truvada® zur Senkung des HIV-Infektionsrisikos

Samenvatting: ACRO verklaring over EU-voorstel voor regulering klinische studies

Neuros Medical Raises Second Round of Funding

FDA Press Releases
FDA approves weight-management drug Qsymia

FDA approves new colon-cleansing drug for colonoscopy prep

FDA approves first drug for reducing the risk of sexually acquired HIV infection

FDA seeks to halt production, distribution of dietary supplements at NY company

FDA warns consumers about Listeria threat in Mexicali Cheese Corp. products

FDA Vaccines, Blood and Biologics - What's New
Direct Recall Classification Program

Draft Guidance for Industry: Amendment to Guidance for Industry: Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Blood and Blood Products

Procleix Ultrio Plus Assay

Moon Marine USA Corporation voluntarily recalls frozen raw yellowfin tuna product Nakaochi Scrape associated with a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections

Multi-Center Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine

FierceBiotech
New FDA roadblock delays Novo's blockbuster contender degludec

AstraZeneca backs $12M round for upstart's self-assembling drug pipeline

Amag preps sNDA after Feraheme clears PhIII hurdles

Buzz: Big investors likely to back next wave of biotech buyouts

UPDATED: FDA hits green light on Vivus weight drug Qnexa

FierceBiotech IT
Boehringer backs study of mobile diabetes care

Sanofi pins winner in hunt for digital diabetes breakthroughs

Stanford rides Big Data wave in medical research

Quintiles, Allscripts to tap health IT data for drug research

Intel and NextBio seek Big Data upgrades in genomics

FierceBiotech Research
Hopkins study exposes potential schizophrenia drug target

New 'molecular grenade' used to attack tumor cells

Researchers use gene therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy

Researcher rebuts rival finding that ovarian stem cells exist

Rare gene mutation protects against Alzheimer's

FiercePharma
Common MS drugs don't prevent disability, study finds

Lexapro sales tank by 81% as Icahn fires back at Forest Labs

Can Vivus diet drug beat Arena's Belviq

As Abbott nears breakup, Humira keeps on truckin'

J&J ramping up OTC production as 'decree' work allows

FiercePharma Manufacturing
After cGMP no-no's cited, Indian drugmaker says FDA accepts remedies

Lonza seeks growth in China after securing IP

UPDATED: Serbia's Hemofarm responds to FDA import ban

UPDATED: Serbia's Hemofarm's reponds to FDA import ban

Hospira blames supplier's bad vials for latest recall

FierceVaccines
HIV-positive patients approved for smallpox vax in an emergency

University of Birmingham explores attitudes toward polio vax in India

Silk could eliminate 'cold chain' need

MedImmune to cut 200 jobs, layoffs hit vax R&D

Novavax teams up to fight malaria

Health News - BizJournals.com
Business Journal to honor Champions in Health Care Aug. 23

BioRamo gets incentives for 36 Fort Lauderdale jobs

U.S. News ranks Jacksonville's best hospitals

Groups urge Martinez to expand NM's Medicaid program

TriZetto unit buys ClaimLogic

Health News - CNBC
Galena's breast cancer vaccine gets exclusivity until 2028

Rep. Manzullo: What Will Lead Recovery

St Jude Medical outlook lags Wall Street views

New drug for Alzheimer's symptom relief shows promise

Abbott sticks to 2012 view, despite stronger dollar

Health News - Fox Business
Employers Grateful for Proposed Tax Breaks, But Still Scared

Employers Grateful for Proposed Tax Breaks, Still Scared

Insmed Shares Drop as FDA Halts Study After Rat Test Results

Week Ahead: A Flood Of 2Q Earnings

Pfizer Drug Raises Heart Attack Risk: Study

Inside Industry - Gen
LMI Names New Senior Vice President for Resource Management

Scorecard Chides Administration on Synthetic Bio Policy Follow-Up

GSK Finally Bags HGS in $3B Deal

Can DNA Be Downloaded

Duke, Scripps to Anchor New NIAID-Funded HIV/AIDS Center

Marketwire - Pharma and Biotech
CSD and IntrinsiQ Launch Integrated Oncology Data Solution

Awards for Leading Healthcare Companies

Axia Group (PINKSHEETS:AGIJ) Collagenna Skin Care Makes Merger Offer

KmX Corporation to Pilot Its Membrane Aided Pathway to Biofuels and Green Chemicals in Sarnia, Ontario

PharmAsia Summit Keynote Panel Includes China Pharma Leaders From Merck, Pfizer and Sanofi

MassBio News
Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals Releases Impact Report

Four Entrepreneurs Begin MassCONNECT Mentoring

BioPharm America 2012 program to feature first SciBX: Science-Business eXchange Innovation in BioPharma Summit

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center 2012-13 Accelerator Loan Program

MassBio Commends Governor, Lawmakers for Ensuring Patient Access, Physician Education

Medical Pharma - PR Newswire
Parental consent for HPV vaccine should not be waived, poll says

Siemens Unveils New Solutions and Latest Innovations at AACC 2012

Heraeus Unveils "Passion for Dentistry" Video Series with International Thought Leaders

Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, to Keynote at Lucian Leape Institute 5th Annual Forum & Gala

Nestle Health Science takes stake in Accera, Inc. to Advance Potential of Axona®

National Center for Biotechnology Information
GenBank Submission Tools Announcements

GTR News

GEO Series Releases

ClinVar News and Announcements

Behind The Headlines - Health News from NHS Choices

Nature Biotechnology
Incorporating biomarkers into clinical trial designs: points to consider

TAL effector RVD specificities and efficiencies

Gene therapy matures in the clinic

From academic solos to industrial symphonies

Reading cancer's blueprint

New York Times- Biotechnology
Novel Blood Treatment Lures Athletes in Pain to Germany

Athletes With Chronic Pain Turn to Novel Blood Treatment

Human Genome Sciences Rejects A $2.59 Billion Bid From Glaxo

Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World

Study Backs Continuous Prostate Cancer Treatment

New York Times- Pharmaceuticals
Kerry Kennedy Cites Possible Seizure in Car Crash

Some Legal Clarity on Generic Drugs

F.D.A. Approves Qsymia, a Weight-Loss Drug

Trial Hints Baxter’s Gammagard Can Slow Alzheimer’s

Dozens Are Charged in Medicaid Drug Scheme

OnBioVC
Stemgent, Inc.: Series C $6.3M

Genalyte, Inc.: Series A $11.8M

Relievant Medsystems, Inc.: Series D $30M

ImaginAb, Inc.: Series A $12.5M

BiO2 Medical, Inc.: Series B $13.7M

Outsourcing-Pharma
Wockhardt targets CMO space for diversification

Overhaul of EU health systems good opportunity for outcomes data providers, says Quintiles

Home visits = regulatory thumbs up ResearchNurses.co thinks so

Home visits are the key to patient retention, says ResearchNurses.co

Kemwell and Boehringer set to finish biologics plant in India

Pharma News - Business Wire
Guardian Pharmacy CEO and Founder, Fred Burke, Named Regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2012

Research and Markets: Mania - Pipeline Review, H1 2012

Research and Markets: Looking at Bioinformatics - IT's Human Touch

Research and Markets: Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement in Oncology - Payer Pressure to Justify Premium Pricing of Novel Agents, Pushing Companies to Risk-Sharing Modalities

pSivida Corp. Announces France Grants ILUVIEN® Marketing Authorization for the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Macular Edema

Pharma News - PharmiWeb
NeuroLogica Announces Successful Validation with Mazor Robotics

Update - Health Canada Announces Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study

SANOFI ANNOUNCES 2012 PATIENT GROUP BURSARY WINNERS

Aetna Adapts to Changing Healthcare Market by Embracing ACO Model

New York Prohibits Indoor Tanning For Minors Under 17

Pharma News - PR Newswire
Ampio Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of Public Offering

Pharmaceuticals Play Key Role in Achieving ACO Quality, Cost Goals

International Drug & Explosives Detection Company Identa Corp to Dispatch First Order to Drug Store Chain

Cytomedix, Inc. Investor Presentation Now Available for On-demand Viewing at RetailInvestorConferences.com

AllMobilityScooters.com Simplifies Medicare

Pharmaceutical - Moreover
: Pharmaceuticals look to cure pipeline concerns

Drug firms sign up to new tropical disease fight

Cannabis Science Presents Newest Photographs From 3rd Cancer Patient That Show Cancer Tumors Dying and Areas That Are No

Micro Labs attracts private equity and pharma interest: VCCircle

Novartis net dips by 5.3% to Rs.38 crore in Q3

PR Leap - Biotech
Romer Labs Launches New Website

SHEL LAB Introduces the Bactrox Chamber

Abcam Launches Potent, Novel Dynamin Inhibitor Licensed from the University of Newcastle and Children's Medical Research Institute

Abcam Biochemicals is launched; the new name for Ascent Scientific products

AL-TAR Services, Inc. Adds Thermo-Scientific Product Line to its Online Lab Equipment Store

PRWeb - Biotechnology
Soliant Health's Bilingual Therapies Division Announces 12th Annual...

European Commission Proposes Sweeping Human Drug Clinical Research...

Interstate Connecting Components, Inc. Earns Boeing Performance Silver...

Foresight Group International AG Appoints Paul Dombrowolskyj as...

Training Videos Produced for Pressure Vessels and Tank Components

PRWeb - Pharmaceuticals
HLI Launches 3rd Annual Health Literacy Innovator Award Contest

Cryopak Announces the Release of their New Pallet Transporter CRT

Global Market for Artificial Tears to Exceed US$2.0 Billion by 2018,...

TraceLink Leads Cloud and Collaboration in Life Sciences Discussion at...

Rottenstein Law Group Reports on New Research Corroborating Link...

Scientific American
FDA Approves First Drug to Prevent HIV Infection

Partners Line Up to Join the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Mostly the Big-Brained Survive

Open-Access of U.K.-Funded Science Papers Will Start in 2013

Early Intervention Could Help Autistic Children Learn to Speak

Sports - ESPN Basketball
Knight hires former Hoosier as Lamar assistant

Colorado adapting well to its Pac-12 home

Gottlieb: 2012-13 Pac-12 Power Rankings

Top recruit Parker to undergo right heel MRI

NCAA opts to keep APR system, penalties same

Sports News - ESPN
Ex-Penn St. prez Spanier drops emails lawsuit

Canes dismiss senior S Armstrong from team

Leonard leaving Gators after offseason arrest

Mizzou coach defends Paterno at SEC meeting

Docs: Penn St. board passed on reform in '04

Xconomy Life Sciences
NanoString Makes IPO Prep Move, Adds Finance Vet to Board

Vivus Wins FDA Approval for Obesity Drug, After Long, Messy Day

Stealthy Gen9 Rolls Out BioFab for Large-Scale Gene Manufacturing

In Unexpected Plus, BioSurplus Raises $2.4M in Oversubscribed Round

Life Technologies Buys Navigenics in New Gene Diagnostics Strategy

Yahoo Biotech News
Slow, costly process stymies generic biotech drugs (Reuters)

Analysis: Slow, costly process stymies generic biotech drugs (Reuters)

Waves Break Coral Embryo into Identical Twins (LiveScience.com)

Autoinjector Version of MS Drug Approved (HealthDay)

Fake Avastin had salt, starch, chemicals: Roche (Reuters)